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How Bars Are Building Cocktail Menus Around Art Collections

Art is moving beyond the walls and into the drinks list, as bartenders use collections and artist archives as a framework for entire menus.

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Paul Jebara

Why Concerned Photography Is More Important Than Ever

In a world where simply producing images has become effortless, International Center of Photography CEO Bob Jeffrey argues that human authorship, with...

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Bob Jeffrey

The Next Retail Frontier Is Culture, Not Just Commerce

Attention is easy to borrow and harder to keep. As discovery moves beyond traditional retail and advertising, SHADOW’s Liza Suloti unpacks why...

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Liza Suloti

The Watch Collectors Building a New Kind of Fair

Music executive Lex Borrero and Screw Down Crown editor Faheem Khan are designing festivals where newcomers can meet master makers and strangers can...

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Paul Jebara

What Can the ’90s Tell Us About Today? Tate Britain Isn’t Sure

“The 90s: Art and Fashion” traces Britain’s shift from glossy glamour to raw, irreverent self-expression through works by Wolfgang Tillmans,...

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Sarah Moroz

Large Opens on Île Seguin With a Focus on French Art in All Its Forms

Backed by developer and collector Laurent Dumas and led by former La Maison Rouge director Paula Aisemberg, the new center occupies a striking RCR...

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Elisa Carollo

Philippe Starck Is Shaping a New Retreat Around Village Life in the Portuguese Countryside

A few minutes from his own home in Melides, Starck is helping shape ASerra, where villas, a hotel and a timber village are planned across 210 acres of...

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Paul Jebara

Paris Makes Room for Plant-Based Eating, the French Way

Paris is embracing plant-based food, without abandoning butter, steak frites or its devotion to the pleasure of eating.

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Lisanna Wallance

Novelist Natalie Kikić’s Favorite Haunted Reads

Vampires, body horror and supernatural secrets populate Kikić’s recommendations, but beneath the scares lie stories of grief, rage, repression and...

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Natalie Kikić

As Google and OpenAI Race to Automate Work, Trust Is the Next A.I. Battleground

As Big Tech pushes A.I. deeper into everyday business processes, Templafy’s Christian Lund unpacks why the companies that build the right...

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Christian Lund

Observer’s Guide to the Must-See Paris Art Week Shows

As Art Basel Paris brings the international art world to the French capital, the city's expanding cultural ecosystem has mounted an impressive lineup...

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Elisa Carollo

Inside Karim Crippa’s Vision for an Even More Parisian Art Basel Paris

The fair’s new director, who helped shape its identity from the start, describes each day of its fifth edition as a chapter designed to keep...

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Elisa Carollo

Asia Now, Paris Internationale and Post-Fair Open the City’s Art Week on a Confident Note

Paris Art Week opened with momentum as galleries proceeded with scheduled events despite unrest in the streets. On Monday, several satellite fairs...

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Elisa Carollo

The Best Restaurants Opening in New York City This October

New spots from celebrity chefs and fresh eateries serving wood-fired cuisine abound this month.

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Juliet Izon

What It Takes for a Paris Hotel to Earn France’s Elite Palace Distinction

The Palace distinction goes beyond thread counts and Michelin stars, rewarding Paris hotels that pair history and design with unusually personal...

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Allie Lebos

London’s Newest Museum Elevates Sir Philip Sassoon Above Lessons from World War II History

When the museum opened this June, Trent Park's legacy was heralded as being on par with Bletchley Park, the country estate that housed British...

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Adam Robb

Carlos Slim Domit Backed Checo Pérez. Now Rafael Câmara Has a Haas Seat

Carlos Slim Domit helped Checo Pérez reach Formula 1 and built Escudería Telmex into a powerful motorsport program. Now, with Rafael Câmara set to...

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Abigail Bassett

Mozilla CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo Wants to Challenge Chrome—and Rely Less on Google

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo wants Firefox Enterprise to challenge Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Mozilla's new subscription service could also help the...

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Tim Keary

Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton Call for A.I. Safeguards. Enterprise Buyers Can Help Enforce Them.

From the collapse of Barings to the rise of cyber insurance, businesses have learned that controls matter only when they are independently verified...

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Jeff McMillan

Aryeh Bourkoff’s LionTree Has a Stake in Hollywood’s Merger Era

LionTree founder Aryeh Bourkoff has helped negotiate some of Hollywood's biggest deals. With an investment fund participating in Skydance's $47...

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Rachel Curry

London’s October Auction Results Suggest the Market Is Playing It Safe

Christie’s £107.5 million Peter Simon sale and a £31.6 million Kandinsky led a week in which buyers concentrated on established, institutionally...

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Elisa Carollo

Hillary Super and a $50 Million Bra: Can Victoria’s Secret Win Women Back?

The Angels have been back since 2024, but Victoria’s Secret CEO Hillary Super is finding new ways to make them relevant. With a $50 million Fantasy...

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Rachel Curry

Oscar Sunderland and Chloe Stewart Would Rather Collaborate With Their Artists Than Represent Them

They see traditional representation agreements as constricting, preferring to work with other galleries and art professionals to support artists...

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Elisa Carollo

In Paris, Sotheby’s Is Betting on Intimacy to Win Over Private Buyers

Chez Sotheby’s installs roughly $150 million worth of artwork by Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, Richter and others in a salon-style setting with its own...

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Elisa Carollo

A Closer Look at Nice, Beyond the Promenade and Riviera Beach Clubs

Once the summer crowds thin, Nice invites a longer stay, with grand hotels, lively markets, Niçois restaurants and cultural treasures tucked into the...

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Paul Jebara

An Insider’s Guide to Johannesburg: Where to Stay, Eat, Drink and Explore

Too many travelers rush through Joburg on their way to safari. Here's why South Africa's largest city deserves a place on your itinerary.

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Alexandra Owens

72 Hours of Art in Cincinnati

BLINK and the FotoFocus Biennial transform the city every other October, but its museums, murals and theaters reward a visit in any season. Here's...

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Christa Terry

For Sarah Zapata, Weaving Is a Radical Act

At Sargent’s Daughters, the artist transforms yarn, thread and architectural forms into an immersive landscape rooted in embodied knowledge and...

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Elisa Carollo

Beyond Frieze, London’s Hotel Art Fairs Are Finding Momentum

Minor Attractions has moved to the Newman in Fitzrovia, while newcomer London Invitational takes over suites in the Chancery Rosewood. Both trade the...

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Elisa Carollo

Khalif Tahir Thompson Reflects On Life in Brooklyn and His Living Collages at Victoria Miro

In “Send in the Clowns,” the artist moves beyond the domestic archive to reconstruct Brooklyn through the lens of his family archives and the...

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Elisa Carollo

Luxury’s Answer to the A.I. Trust Gap? The Archive

Getty Images’ Bob Ahern examines why authentic photographic archives are becoming more valuable to luxury brands as A.I.-generated imagery makes the...

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Bob Ahern

L.A.’s Top October Restaurant Openings, From Pasta Bars to Smash Burgers

Bar Fortuna brings handmade pasta to Santa Monica, Gilbert Pérez Bar finally opens in Sherman Oaks and Birdie G’s returns, while L.A.’s smash...

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Allie Lebos

One Fine Show: “Ana Mendieta” at Tate Modern in London

Sent from Havana to live in the United States at 12, Mendieta abandoned painting in graduate school for performance, film and a land-based practice...

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Dan Duray

The Western Mountain Towns That Rival New England for Fall Foliage

The West's answer to New England foliage comes with aspens, alpine lakes, cowboy towns and mountain resorts built for a long weekend.

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Allie Lebos

Yan Du’s YDP Brings a New Model of Art Patronage to London

The project space is both a platform for artists and an ongoing experiment in more flexible, creative models of philanthropy. Du sees herself as part...

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Elisa Carollo

Julia Fox and Nora Fried Threw a Carnival in Elizabeth Street Garden

Fox, who said the event was harder to pull off than the movie she shot in August, spent the night signing copies of ‘Down the Drain’ and talking...

15.10.2026 9

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Jasmine Lobe

At Frieze London and Frieze Masters, Rediscoveries Are Giving the Market New Momentum

A £5 million Jan Brueghel the Elder led opening-day sales, while overlooked modernists from Morocco, Colombia and Antigua drew collector and...

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Elisa Carollo

The Berkshires Beyond the Foliage, Where Gilded Age Grandeur Meets Country Charm

Beyond the autumn colors, discover the Berkshires through the Clark’s art collection, Edith Wharton’s former home, centuries-old workshops and...

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Paul Jebara

In “Casserole Culture,” Melissa Joseph Redraws the Geography of Home

At Charles Moffett, she trades grand narratives of diaspora for the specifics of growing up Indian American in rural Pennsylvania. Her monumental...

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Elisa Carollo

Dan Ives Is Putting His Wall Street Fame to Work at Yorkville Ives

Dan Ives spent eight years as one of Wedbush's best-known technology bulls. Now, armed with 49 new stock recommendations and a familiar Wall Street...

15.10.2026 6

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Ivan Castano

Victoria Beckham Finally Turns a Profit. Beauty Leads the Way.

After nearly two decades of losses, Victoria Beckham's luxury group finally turned a profit. But with beauty accounting for most of its revenue, the...

15.10.2026 10

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Daniella Nicola

The Insider’s Guide to Exploring Newport’s Gilded Age Mansions

Step inside The Breakers, Marble House, Rosecliff and more for a closer look at the architecture, scandals and social ambition of Gilded Age Newport.

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Katherine Parker-Magyar

Behind the Wheel of James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5

A lifelong 007 fan finally drives a freshly tuned 1965 example at Aston Martin Works, the marque’s heritage operation in Newport Pagnell. Beneath...

14.10.2026 10

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John Scott Lewinski

Everything to Know Before Heading to WatchTime New York

North America's premier public horology show brings luxury houses, independent ateliers and accessible brands together for three days of launches and...

14.10.2026 9

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Caleb Anderson

Subtitled NYC Is Carving Out a Third Path for New York’s Artists

The gallery launched as a practical way for artist Jaejoon Jang to afford studio space and share work he admired. It has grown into one of...

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Christa Terry

Why James Brett Wants to Retire the Term “Outsider Art”

The founder of London’s Gallery of Everything argues that self-taught, visionary and spiritual makers belong in the art historical canon rather than...

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Elisa Carollo

The Haas Brothers On Finding Magic in Math at Marianne Boesky

Twin brothers Niki and Simon Haas made their name creating characters onto which collectors project personalities and affection. "Mathemagical" in New...

14.10.2026 9

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Elisa Carollo

The 15 Heritage Watches With History Worth Wearing

These timepieces preserve the character, proportions and purpose that made their predecessors worth remembering.

14.10.2026 8

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Paul Jebara

Public Gallery Built Its Reputation by Letting Artists Take the Lead

Founded in 2020 in a Brutalist estate on the edge of London, the space run by Alex Harrison, Harry Dougall and Nicole Estilo Kaiser has become a...

13.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

German Property Magnate Ulrich Marseille’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Modular Hospitals

Ulrich Marseille made his fortune in real estate and elder care. Now he's combining VAMED's international hospital engineering business with WWH's...

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Arick Wierson